Obituaries

Warren A. Karoli, 96, of Middletown, Rhode Island, passed away peacefully at home on February 26, 2020, surrounded by his loving family and caregivers. Warren was born on October 9, 1923, in Newport, RI to the late Edward H. and Edith M. Karoli. He was married to his adoring wife, Joan L. Karoli, for almost […]

via Memorial Funeral Home Helen Alice Pineau, 96, formerly of Third Street in Newport, passed away on February 27, 2020, at the St. Clare Home in Newport. Helen was born on March 16, 1923, in Jamestown, RI, to the late Antone and Rufina Vieira. She was the wife of the late Norman L. Pineau. Helen […]

PORTSMOUTH – George P. Bowab (MMCA, USN, Ret.), 91, of Portsmouth RI, peacefully passed away, February 21, 2020, surrounded by his loving family.Born May 13, 1928, in Pawtucket, RI, he was the son of the late Joseph M Bowab and the late Sarah (Glancy) Bowab.George enlisted in the Navy at the age of 17 and […]

The following originally appeared on O’Neill Hayes Funeral Home. Christine Vieira Shultz, 76, of Portsmouth, RI, passed away on February 20th, 2020 in St. Clare-Newport. Christine was born in Newport, RI to Manual and Marion (Rose) Baptista on August 8th, 1943. She graduated from Rogers High School in 1961. She enjoyed traveling, music, shopping and […]

Eugenia “Jenny” Gormly, 99, passed away peacefully at home surrounded by her loving family on Thursday, February 20, 2020. Eugenia was born in Providence, RI, to Biagio Del Nigro and Prizziosa Mancini and is the wife of the late Henry Gormly, Jr.Throughout her life, Jenny enjoyed spending lots of time with her family, especially at […]

Elizabeth Ann Murphy, 79, passed away on Tuesday, February 18, 2020, at Newport Hospital, with her family by her side. Elizabeth was born October 26, 1940, in Newport, RI to the Late James R. and the late Dorothy (Hayes) Sullivan She was a graduate of Rogers High School and Newport School of Nursing. Betty worked […]

John C. Cabral, 70, of Portsmouth, passed away on February 15, 2020, in Stoughton, MAJohn was born on June 30, 1949, in Fall River, MA, to the late John J. Cabral and the late Lillian (Luciano) Cabral. John was the husband of Yun Min (Yi) Cabral of Portsmouth.John proudly served in the US Army in […]

Manuel L. Escobar of Portsmouth, RI died on Tuesday, February 18, peacefully at home surrounded by his family. Born in Faial of the Azores, on July 3, 1943, he was the son of the late Francisco P. and Ana (Garcia) Escobar. He was the husband of Frances S. (Perry) Escobar. In addition to his wife, […]

Ann Marie (Markowski) Leavitt passed away peacefully at home on February 17, 2020, surrounded by her loving family after a nearly six year courageous and valiant battle with pancreatic cancer. Ann was born on October 30, 1946 to Henry and Florence Markowski of Enfield, CT. Her entire life was devoted to homemaking and caring for […]

Christina Jean Vars, 70, of Middletown, Rhode Island, passed away on February 14, 2020, at Rhode Island Hospital. Christina was born on October 22, 1949, in Newport, RI, to the late Christina A. (DiMatteo) Laurin. She was the wife of Kevin Vars. She worked for 36 years at Naval Station Newport, retiring as the Property […]

Source: O’Neill Hayes Funeral Home Michael Roy Josephson passed away peacefully Thursday February 13, 2020 with his loving daughters by his side. He was the son of Edwin and Ida Josephson. Michael was born on February 17, 1933 in Newport R.I. He attended Rogers High School and Boston University. Michael’s grandfather, Israel Josephson, founded the […]

Louis Mureddu, age 86, of Newport, Rhode Island, passed away peacefully on February 11, 2020. Born in Newport, he was the son of the late Mary Castellano and Anthony Mureddu and husband of Barbara Monticone Mureddu with whom he had been married for close to 60 years. Louis was a graduate of De La Salle […]

William H. “Bill” Clarke, BMCS, USN (Ret.), 95, of Middletown, RI, passed away on February 11, 2020, at Blenheim in Middletown. Bill was born on June 11, 1924, in Marigold, CA, to the late William H. Clarke and Nadine May (Fehr) Clarke. He was the husband of the late Catherine Bessie Clarke (Cathy). Bill proudly […]

Leonard Mark, 86, of Portsmouth, Rhode Island, passed away on February 10, 2020, at St. Anne’s Hospital in Fall River, MA. Leonard was born October 20, 1933, in Simpson, PA to John Mark and Victoria(Werwinski) Mark. Leonard was married to the love of his life, Bonnie for 63 years. Leonard graduated from Fell Township High […]

Linda A Marvelle, 77, of Portsmouth, Rhode Island, passed away on February 8, 2020, at Newport Hospital in Newport after a year’s long battle with cancer. Born in Newport on August 4, 1942, she was the daughter of James Marvelle and Virginia (Veasey) Marvelle. She enjoyed her upbringing off Broadway and attended school at Rogers […]

William Adolphus Briggs Jr., 78, of Sarasota, FL, formerly of Newport and Jamestown, RI died on Sunday, February 2, 2020, in Sarasota. The cause was cardiac arrest. Bill was born in Nashville, Tennessee on April 8, 1941 to William Adolphus Briggs and Harriet Durstine Briggs. He was raised in New York City along with his […]

Ann E. Calcutt, age 84, of Portsmouth, Rhode Island, passed away on February 9, 2020.Ann was born in Jamestown, RI to Louis Paul and Mary Agnes (Lathan) Paul. A Portsmouth resident since the early 1970’s, she worked at Raytheon for nearly 30 years. She also volunteered at Head Start through the Grandparent Program and for […]

Ora Mae “Mickey” Botelho, 83, of Middletown, passed away on February 8, 2020. She was the wife of the late Louis E. Botelho. Born in Worcester, MA she was the daughter of the late Albert and Edna (Nichols) Joubert. After growing up with her cousins Bill and Jerry Mohr and their children, Mickey met the […]

Caesar A. Spero, Jr., “Chuck”, 98, of Portsmouth, Rhode Island, passed away peacefully in his sleep on February 6, 2020. A lifelong resident of Aquidneck Island, Chuck was born in Newport on October 3, 1921, the son of Caesar A. Spero and Mary Antoinette Radice Spero. Chuck was a loving son, brother, husband, father, grandfather, […]

Andrew E. Ford, age 73, of Jamestown, Rhode Island, passed away on February 3, 2020.Andy was born in Lancaster County, SC to Norbert Ford and Ludlow (Boyd) Ford and grew up in Far Hills, NJ on the Hill Hollow Farm. He attended Far Hills Country Day and Tabor Academy in his youth where he excelled […]

Marianne Maynard Needham, 82, of Middletown, passed away on Sunday, February 2, 2020 in the John Clarke Nursing Center. She was the wife of Brian Needham of Middletown. Born in Providence, she was the daughter of the late Edgar and Marion Gleason Maynard. Besides her husband she leaves her son John Gardiner of Bronx, New […]

Izabella Tereszczenko-Walker died at home in Newport, RI on February 1, 2020. She was born in Poland on June 10, 1939 of distinguished parents Zigmundt and Katerina (Pietkiewicz) Zakrewski, the former an entrepreneur, philanthropist and a leader of the Polish Resistance in WWII, and her mother, a medical doctor and the first woman radiologist in […]

Donna Rosalie Loomis, 89, of Portsmouth, Rhode Island, passed away on January 26, 2020, in Portsmouth. Donna was born on December 20, 1930, in Seattle, WA, to the late John Jenkins and the late Daytona Redmond. She earned her professional Music Education degree from the University of Oregon, as a Soprano, and went on to […]

Born on August 8,1947, Mary was the wife of the late Barry Clark for 48 years, she was the daughter of Benjamin and Mary Easton Landers. She is survived by her daughters, Lisa O’Brien and her husband, Jim of Middletown, Megan Tyson and her husband, Michael, of Huntersville, NC, and son David Clark and wife […]

Margaret “Maggie” Mashaw, age 84, of Middletown, Rhode Island, passed away on Tuesday, January 28, 2020. Margaret was born in Fall River, MA to Charles Kent and Evelyn Ward. Margaret married Thomas Mashaw of Oswego, NY in April 1952. She loved sports, Flo’s, and everything about the beach. Margaret is survived by her children Thomas […]